Inching towards a goal line...aka Limited Poker Content and Zero NonPoker Content (You do the Math)...aka this post was too short for a third title
For those of you who wonder if I am still a bloggah...I direct you to my final hand in the 750k Satellite I played tonight.
Bastahd sucked out on me, but what can ya say; she still looks goot tah me.
This was good to get under the belt. I've been very busy obviously for the last few weeks but I have been surreptitiously watching all the success my friends are having and am feeling very fucking left out. I was beginning to wonder if I could play at the level I wanted to when I know I will be lucky to get 5 MTTs in a week.
So far so good. Plus this is a New Year's Resolution unfolding as I planned to play the big buy-in events at least once a month. Nice that I won't have to risk my own ducats for this month. First crack too.
Okay, yeah it was only 42 runners, so don't worry I am not exactly drowning myself in champagne yet. But importantly to me there were only two spots, so I was excited to play this because the setup meant I would HAVE to open up my game in order to get to the final table in decent shape to make a run at a seat. I often found myself making big moves in the mid-game with hands I would feel a little dumb exposing if I had to. Nonetheless I made the moves and most worked nicely. Still plenty of rust (and other metaphors for stupidity) but I managed not to blow too many toes off. I was actually the chip leader for the endgame - for me a new development. I paid very close attention to my opponents (one tabling and no net surfing) and I was surprised how much easier the game is that way.
Yup, as usual won my share of races and got out of a pinch or two, but also took a sick sick twist at the very end when I moved in for the kill three handed. I was determined to take one of them out as a learning experience in endgame aggression. That worked great until the dude turned his second pair...thought I was going out but then next hand the quiet third guy imploded and pushed AI on second pair and got caught. Game Ovah.
Nope, it's no 14k vacation in the Bahamas, but I'll take it.
Goot start, and that's enough for now.
Bastahd sucked out on me, but what can ya say; she still looks goot tah me.
This was good to get under the belt. I've been very busy obviously for the last few weeks but I have been surreptitiously watching all the success my friends are having and am feeling very fucking left out. I was beginning to wonder if I could play at the level I wanted to when I know I will be lucky to get 5 MTTs in a week.
So far so good. Plus this is a New Year's Resolution unfolding as I planned to play the big buy-in events at least once a month. Nice that I won't have to risk my own ducats for this month. First crack too.
Okay, yeah it was only 42 runners, so don't worry I am not exactly drowning myself in champagne yet. But importantly to me there were only two spots, so I was excited to play this because the setup meant I would HAVE to open up my game in order to get to the final table in decent shape to make a run at a seat. I often found myself making big moves in the mid-game with hands I would feel a little dumb exposing if I had to. Nonetheless I made the moves and most worked nicely. Still plenty of rust (and other metaphors for stupidity) but I managed not to blow too many toes off. I was actually the chip leader for the endgame - for me a new development. I paid very close attention to my opponents (one tabling and no net surfing) and I was surprised how much easier the game is that way.
Yup, as usual won my share of races and got out of a pinch or two, but also took a sick sick twist at the very end when I moved in for the kill three handed. I was determined to take one of them out as a learning experience in endgame aggression. That worked great until the dude turned his second pair...thought I was going out but then next hand the quiet third guy imploded and pushed AI on second pair and got caught. Game Ovah.
Nope, it's no 14k vacation in the Bahamas, but I'll take it.
Goot start, and that's enough for now.
posted by Iakaris aka I.A.K. at 1:59 AM
7 Comments:
niccce....next step win 750k tourney....
Great job, Iak. I have been winning satellite after satellite these days, so I'm really glad to see your success here. I'm satelliting into the Sunday night HORSE tournament, the Tuesday and Saturday night Winner's Choice events, and lately even the turbo sats into the nightly 30k guaranteed 6-max at 11pm ET on full tilt. Multi-seat sats really are the way to go for the larger events, if you have all day to sit around playing in them.
Glad you're back on the virtual felt brotha.
It's 2007 man -- time for you to learn some non-holdem games me thinks. I can tell you just the books to read to get you where you need to be.
Non-Hold'em? Why fix what ain't broke?
Now go make a deep run in the $750K.
We can chop the $750K ok?
no champagne? wtf
It's always great to see you at The Mookie...hope work is going well for you.
Done in true blogger style. Noice!
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